This might help you to narrow down the date: Notman had been making inroads into the American market since 1869 when he had received the contract to photograph the staff and students of Vassar College. He was a regular contributor to the influential Philadelphia Photographer, edited by Edward Wilson, an admirer of his work, who often featured Notman’s art, innovative methods, and Montreal studio. In 1876 Notman astutely joined Wilson in forming the Centennial Photographic Company to obtain the monopoly on photographs taken at the Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition that year; the company, which employed Fraser as art superintendent, had a staff of 100 housed in a large building on the grounds. (Dictinary of Canadian Biography Online.) I also see a reference to The Philadelphia Photographer, Vol. VI, Nos. 61-72 on a page that he, as well as a lot of other artists are on.  This may not be relevant. If the publication is still in existence you might want to try getting in touch with them.  Also the local public library, the state archives, or a Philadelphia museum may have the info. you need.    SAC Sheila A. Cork Librarian New Orleans Museum of Art City Park 1 Collins Diboll Circle P.O. Box 19123 New Orleans, LA 70179-0123 504-658-4117 [log in to unmask] --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Margaret English <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Margaret English <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Help needed with William Notman articles To: [log in to unmask] Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 11:41 AM Dear Collective Wisdom, According to one of our graduate students, photographer William Notman wrote (at least two) articles for the publication "Philadelphia Photographer". The problem is that she has no idea when he published these, and she cannot find the journal anywhere but the New York public library and therefore cannot browse through them. We are grateful for any ideas... Many thanks, Margaret -- Margaret English Librarian Department of Art Library University of Toronto 100 St. George St. - 6th floor Toronto, ON. M5S 3G3 (416) 978-5006 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]

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